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Campaign of the Falieri and Piraeus in the year 1827 or journal of a volunteer : being the personal account of Captain Thomas Douglas Whitcombe

This book presents the diary of Captain Thomas Douglas Whitcombe, a young English gunnery officer who in 1827 participated as a volunteer in an expedition to relieve the Turkish siege of the Acropolis of Athens. The journal gives an eyewitness account of the actions of the Greek Army and its corps of European volunteers.
Print Book, English, 1992
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, NJ, 1992